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    • beatlesfanrandy
      beatlesfanrandy last edited by

      Going to see Mark Knopfler when he brings his tour to L.A. in Sept. Been dusting off those old Dire Straits C.D.'s...and it reminds me how great they were. Love Over Gold, Brothers In Arms. Anyone like Mark or Dire Straits?

      Wings Over America - Cow Palace SF - June 1976. New World Tour - Anaheim Stadium - 4/17/93. Driving USA - Oakland Arena - 4/1/2002. US Tour - HP Pavilion - San Jose - 11/08/05. An Evening with Paul McCartney - The Joint at Hard Rock - Las Vegas - 4/19/09. Up & Coming Tour - Hollywood Bowl - 3/31/10. Walk of Fame Star Presentation - Hollywood - Feb. 2012. CBS-TV taping - The Night That Changed America (with Ringo!)  - L.A. Convention Center - Jan. 2014. Out There Tour -Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles - Aug. '14 and Petco Park - San Diego - Sept. '14. Petco Park - San Diego - June 2019.  Got Back Tour - SoFi Stadium - Los Angeles - May 2022

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      • oobu24
        oobu24 last edited by

        Money for Nothing

        with Phil Collins, Sting & Eric Clapton

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        • jonh81
          jonh81 last edited by

          Yeah been a big Dire Straits fan for quite a while, was lucky enough to see Mark Knopfler live in the UK in 2005, it was the shangri-la tour but he played all the big DS songs like Money for Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Brothers in Arms, So far away. I believe he's actually touring the UK at this moment.

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          • hengirl
            hengirl last edited by

            Oddly enough i went to see him at the manchester arena on saturday night he has a young lass with called Ruth Moody she can sing for sure and on the couple of songs shes with certainly adds to the songs,sax player Nigel Hitchcock on sax as well so theres a lot going on on stage. The players are superb simple as that Marks voice is at times a bit ruff truth be told but i would also add wasnt it always so maybe im being harsh to him,the standard of his playing was pretty much spot on,Alan my husband who's present this was said after the 15 or so mins of Telegraph road "that was worth the ticket price on its own" and he has a point,not a fan of epic songs but that was brilliant. Now to the downside of the night,the horrendus echo coming from the drums time and again after you'd heard the "drum" you'd get a thwack following almost imedietly it was bloody annoying to say the least and at times it was close to ruining the evening (that came later with the bloody awful train service form manchester) but grumbles aside go and see him almost 2 and a half hours of excellent musicianship you wont regret it.

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            • jonh81
              jonh81 last edited by

              Yeah he did Telegraph rd when i saw him, an epic song.

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              • hengirl
                hengirl last edited by

                He did it when we saw him last in Liverpool,one of those songs that slipped through my radar whne it was out on vinyl all those years ago as you say an epic song.

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                • A
                  admin last edited by

                  Think I put on "Making Movies" most often if I reach for Dire Straits in my record collection. I saw them live on "Brothers in Arms" tour and that was a great concert.

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                  • SurSteven
                    SurSteven last edited by

                    I watched Mark and Sting on MTV the very first time that "Money For Nothin'" was aired. It was also our introduction to CGI, as I remember. " Dat Ain't Woikin' "

                    Peace On Earth To Everyone

                    Peace On Earth Today Someday

                    As Love And Understanding Grow

                    Peace Will Come To Stay...Some Day

                    Inner and Outer Peace... to US ALL!!!

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                      admin last edited by

                      I saw them on the Brothers in Arms tour, and they were fantastic. I love the distinctive sound of his guitar and voice.

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